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Homicide - hŏmˈəsīd, in law, the taking of human life. Homicides that are neither justifiable nor excusable are considered crimes. A criminal homicide committed with malice is known as murder, otherwise it is called manslaughter. A homicide is excusable if it is the result of an accident that occurred during a lawful act and that did not amount to criminal


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    The Ethics of Homicide » Read Now

    by Philip E. Devine. 246 pgs.

    Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library
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    Murder in New York City » Read Now

    by Eric H. Monkkonen. 238 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    "Brilliant and original in very many ways, with nice touches of wit. I can think of no book on homicide from which I've learned more: the biggest, longest, and most careful longitudinal study ever, in the world's most important city."--Roger Lane, author of "Murder in America

    "Eric Monkkonen is one...

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    After Homicide: Practical and Political Responses to Bereavement » Read Now

    by Paul E. Rock. 342 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    After Homicide describes the collective responses of bereaved people to the aftermath of violent death, a subject not dealt with in any detail in the literature that is currently available. The book concentrates particularly on the birth, development and organization of the self help and campaigning...
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    Blind-Sided: Homicide Where it Is Least Expected » Read Now

    by Gregory K. Moffatt. 256 pgs.

    Collections: Psychology, Entire Library
    While print and broadcast media are filled every day with homicide accounts, the general public seems most disturbed by crimes attributed to individuals who otherwise seem "normal." Murders by those perceived to be historically non-violent often appear to erupt with no warning whatsoever. Moffatt...
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    New Arenas for Violence: Homicide in the American Workplace » Read Now

    by Michael D. Kelleher. 196 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    New Arenas for Violence examines the history, nature, and causal factors of occupational homicide--murder in the workplace--with a view to the development of a comprehensive understanding of the issue and the introduction of prevention measures designed to establish a safer work environment for the...
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    Profiles in Murder: An FBI Legend Dissects Killers and Their Crimes » Read Now

    by Russell Vorpagel. 300 pgs.

    Collections: Psychology, Entire Library
    More suspenseful than a detective thriller, Profiles in Murder packs a punch that few novels deliver -- and this book is all true.t FBI legend Russ Vorpagel, along with Robert Ressler, helped put the FBI Behavioral Science Profiling Unit on the map, as immortalized in The Silence of the Lambs.

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    Rethinking Criminal Law (contains "Homicide: Three Lines of Liability" and "The Jurisprudence of Homicide") » Read Now

    by George P. Fletcher. 900 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    This is a reprint of a book first published by Little, Brown in 1978. George Fletcher is working on a new edition, which will be published by Oxford in three volumes, the first of which is scheduled to appear in January of 2001. Rethinking Criminal Law is still perhaps the most influential and often...
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    Mass Murder: America's Growing Menace » Read Now

    by Jack Levin, James Alan Fox. 235 pgs.

    Collections: Psychology, Entire Library
    ...to have been provided with a large FBI homicide data set by William Bowers and Glenn...Bernices disappearance and possible homicide led police to the farm of Ed Gein...
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    Southern Exposure: Deciphering the South's Influence on Homicide Rates, in Social Forces » Read Now

    by Lin Huff-Corzine, Jay Corzine, David C. Moore. 19 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    ...Deciphering the Souths Influence on Homicide Rates * LIN HUFF-CORZINE, Washington...consistently shown the South to have the highest homicide rates in the United States...
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    Categorizations of Homicide Cases: Agreement, Accuracy and Confidence of Public Assignments, in Canadian Journal of Criminology » Read Now

    by Susan F. Higgingbottom, Edward Zamble. 16 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    ...Categorizations of Homicide Cases: Agreement, Accuracy and Confidence...premier degre, meurtre du second degre et homicide involontaire. Il na pas ete etabli...law defines...
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    The Social Causes of American Indian Homicide as Revealed by the Life Experiences of Thirty Offenders, in American Indian Quarterly » Read Now

    by Ronet Bachman. 24 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    ...THE SOCIAL CAUSES OF AMERICAN INDIAN HOMICIDE AS REVEALED BY THE LIFE EXPERIENCES...brutal, often cut short by violent death. Homicide represents this violent death in...
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    Population Heterogeneity and the Sociogenesis of Homicide, in Social Forces » Read Now

    by Henry B. Hansmann. 19 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    ...Heterogeneity and the Sociogenesis of Homicide HENRY B. HANSMANN, University...the relationship between a societys homicide rate and various measures of the ethnic...groups...

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